Balcha opaca Fusu sp. n. (Insecta: Hymenoptera): availability of the species name

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this paper is to describe the circumstances of publication of an unavailable name of chalcid wasps, and to make the name Balcha opaca Fusu sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae) available.

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KEYWORDS:

• Nomenclature
• unavailable name
• new species
• parasitoid wasp
• ICZN

Acknowledgments

The authors wish to express their gratitude to John Noyes (Natural History Museum, London) for pointing out the problem that is the reason for this paper, and to him again, and also to Andrew Polaszek and David Notton (Natural History Museum, London) for their useful comments on the manuscript.